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How To Be Invisible


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No. of pages 240

Published: 2013

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It was the 13th of September, 13 days after my 13th birthday, when I first learned how to be invisible. Strato Nyman couldn't be more of an odd-one-out. He's the only black kid in Hedgecombe-upon-Dray, he knows more about particle physics than his teacher, and he's constantly picked on by school bully Lloyd Archibald Turnbull. It's only at home that he blends in to the background - his parents are too busy arguing to notice he exists. But one day, Strato picks up a dusty old book in a mysterious bookshop and learns how to become invisible. He soon discovers that people aren't always what they seem ... and realizes standing out isn't so bad after all.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Walker Books Ltd .

Tim Lott has written many books for adults including White City Blue (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award), Rumours of a Hurricane (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award), The Love Secrets of Don Juan, The Seymour Tapes and The Scent of Dried Roses (winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize). Fearless is his first novel for children. Tim lives in north-west London with his partner and four daughters.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Portsmouth Book Award
This book was recognised by the Portsmouth Book Award.

Sefton Super Reads Award
This book was recognised by the Sefton Super Reads Award.

Gripping * Angels and Urchins *

 

A story of growing up and finding what's important' * Sunday Express *

 

Brilliantly written * St Neot's News and Crier *

 

How to Become Invisible is a story of growing up and finding out what's really important. * International Express *

 

Plenty of food for thought and a good starting point for classroom discussion of bullying, racism, difference an family life via an entertaining story. * The School Librarian *

 

Lott manages to create an uncannily gripping study of isolation. -- Philip Womack * Literary Review *

 

this complex, yet simple, book is powerful and yet, so poignant, it can reduce to tears * Carousel *